Indicating device for bicycles



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R. OONROW. INDIGATING DEVICE FOB. BIGYCLES, &c. No. 574,022.

Patented 13610.29, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ROLAND OONROVV, OF OINNAMINSON, NEW JERSEY.

INDICATING DEVICE FOR B|CYCLES, &.C.

vSIII:".CIFIIGA'.[ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,022, datedDecember 29, 1896.

Application filed April 9, 1895. Serial No. 545,052. (No model) T o @ZZwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROLAND CoNRoW, a citizen of the United States,residingin Cinnaminson, county of Burlington, State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in indicating Devices forBicycles or other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

y This invention relates to an indicating device for bicycles, andcomprises an instrument containing a time-indicator having two sets ofhands or pointers7 one of which may be run continuously and the other ofwhich may be thrown into and out of action, and a distance-indicatorthat may be thrown into and out of action, so that the rider may beprovided with a timepiece and also an intermittently-operatedtime-indicator by means of which he may ascertain the time consumed inrunning any particular distance, all in one instrument, which may beattached to the frame of the machine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates an indicatinginstrument made according to my invention attached to the fork of thefront wheel of a bicycle and actuated by a device attached to the spokesof the wheel. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the instrument on an enlargedscale, showing modifications in its construction. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection of the same, taken on the line 13 13 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section taken on the line 14 14 of Fig. 8; and Fig. 5 is anelevation of the connecting-gear of the two time-indicators, taken onthe line l5 15 of Fig. 4.

The indicating instrument shown in the drawings comprises acontinuously-running time-indicator or watch n of ordinary construction,a time-indicator n', adapted to be put into and out of .gear with thewatch to show the lapse of time during any particular run, and adistance-indicator, the main hand o of which points to the division ofthe large outer circle o on the face, the accumulation of therevolutions of which hand being shown in the openings o2. The twotime-indicators are arranged in the lower part of the case side by side,and the distance-indicator is placed centrally above them.

The case 03 of this instrument is, by means of the adjustable clampingdevice 04, secured to one side of the fork g2, and a star-wheel p on ashaft projecting from its side is actuated by a stud p, clampedv to thespokes of the wheel, and so imparts motion to the distance-indicator.

A feature of this instrument is that the distance-indicator and thelapse-time indicator can be put into or out of operation as desired.This is accomplished by manipulating the screw-shaft q byits knob orhandle q, the inner end of this shaft being provided with a groove orcollar which embraces an upturned end of the sliding bar r, the otherend of said bar being upturned and embraced by a groove or collar on theinner end of the shaft of the star-wheel p. By this means thestar-wheelp may be placed in or out of range of travel of the stud p. provide forthe longitudinal movement of the star-wheel p in relation to itsimparting movement to the distance-indicator, its shaft is hollow andlits over the shaft 05 of said indicator, a groove and spline orequivalent means being used to connect the shafts rotatably together.

As in this construction of the indicating instrument it is desired thatthe lapse-time indicator shall work only when the distanceindicator isin action, the connecting-gear be- 'tween this time-indicator and thecontinuous time-indicator comprises a wheel S on a fixed pivot or shaft,which meshes into a gear s of the contin nous time-indicator, a wheel s2carried by the link S3 and in gear with the wheel s, said link beingpivoted to rock on the pivot or shaft of the Wheel s, and controlled bya pin t on the bar r, which lits into a slot formed in the free end ofthe link s3. When the bar fr is set in the position shown in thedrawings, then the wheel 32 meshes into a wheel of the indicator nf,which is thenv caused to run with'the watch n, and at the same time thedistance-indicator is in action.

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